Carpenter Street between Walnut and 11th Streets within the medical district could be one of the most important stretches of road in all of Springfield. Since the November 2005 master plan was unveiled for the now Mid-Illinois Medical District (MIMD) by RTKL, no building or structure built to date has given us what the master plan urged and illustrated. When will the property owners along Carpenter Street, the developers that may help them develop these properties, and most importantly the MIMD Commission summon the moral courage to give us the promise of Carpenter Street before it is lost to...